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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (3 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reflect on the process of the Consultative Forums on International Security Policy; what the next steps in the process are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the details of the Detailed Action Plan on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the need for cultural change in the Defence Forces and the Strategic Framework: Transformation of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42516/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the recruitment and retention challenges facing the Defence Forces; how the Strategic Framework: Transformation of the Defence Forces will address those challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42518/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use met for the penultimate time. All indications from the assembly point to a liberalisation of our drugs policy. We have had six decades of this and it has been largely a failure. If the recommendations are for decriminalisation and forms of regulation, will the Government implement those recommendations? According to the chair, Mr. Paul...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: This is very informative and the work HIQA does on oversight and regulation is important. My first question is a very practical one. How many staff are in HIQA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: When was HIQA established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: In 2007. Regarding inspections, I will randomly select an emergency department, ED, when HIQA inspects does it come unannounced or announced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: They are unannounced, so HIQA basically arrives on the day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: If HIQA comes unannounced to an ED at, say, 10 o'clock in the morning, how many staff would HIQA have on its complement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: What happens? Obviously Mr. Egan introduces himself and says the team are here to inspect. Does the team interview some of the staff, or even some of the people who are waiting in the ED?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Has Mr. Egan ever experienced resistance from, for instance, senior management regarding an announced, or unannounced inspection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: When would the feedback as regards the medical setting be given back to management?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The remit of HIQA is broad. It covers staff shortages and anything it observes on the day. I presume some inspections last more than a day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act is a huge piece of work and other legislation will be coming through the Parliament in the coming months. How does HIQA envisage its capacity around the Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: What powers will that give HIQA that it does not have already? The new legislation gives HIQA and the State more powers in relation to disclosure, but what does it give HIQA and where does its remit approach private hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: My final question relates to the nursing home expert panel report. There was a significant number of recommendations about nursing home settings after the Covid-19 pandemic. Huge lessons were learned. Huge mistakes were made by the private and public sector in that environmental setting. What role and remit does HIQA have jurisdiction of as regards the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: That means to close it down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: That closes the place down.